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-FREDERICK BAON MICHELL, OF'TRUQRO, ENGLAND.

genommenen-r in sroereoe yAno elsoeseeee Foe serrtss.

Specification forming peri of-Latters Patent 1531359920@ datel Jennery 26, i875; application tiled Deeenibenl, '1874.

To oli whom it may contri-n Be it known toet Framissima BARON liin LL, of Truro, in the :county of Cornwell :nui kingdom of England., lieve i t' izin new :ind useful "i i' pers nml Discharges u. lzerfie'oy leale-re the foiicning' te be eifel, einer, nini eizeet description ei e invention, suoli es will en ebleothers skiietl in tite efr-t to it pertains to make and. it, refer-en limi to the accompanying drawings, which form part ci' this specification.

'lli'y invention relates to e combine-'i cork or stopper and discharge, intenti einlly' for employment 'with sgwseous iiqnids,

suon as champagnes, soiiewater, im

in the drawings, Figure l is e; leno ,niiinni section of my invention and Fi 2, 3, and i ere longitudinal sections 'of inodieetions of the saine, i t

My invention consists in .the folloo'ir 1^ parts and combinations, as hereinei'ter speci ed and skinned, wherein A is e bottle or package oon taining gaseous liquid. E is tient portion of my device 'which serves as the eork proper, through the exis or center oi' Wiiieli is made the opening b. This openn g estenos from the exterior of the bottle through the entire iength oi' the part B, and opens by one, two,er more mouths, b' Zi', through the pero i), einen extends below the neck into the interior et the bottle A. D is o stationary washer, gasket, or pecking, made of rubber or any suite-ble elastic materiel, which is mafie to embrace the portion C, and to slide upon the seine suffi# i-,iently tight to prevent the escape et ges between it and` the portion which it embraces. o is shoulder or bntton'to pi'event the washer D from slipping off from the part C.

The operation is as follows: The portion B serves ns the cork or' stepper, the top. portion projecting :t suitable distance beyond the inontii of the bottle A. Wiiiie the liquill is to he reeiized in tliebottle the stopperand Washer are in the position es shown in the solid lines oi' Fi 1 and in this position the gas forces the stationary Washer D against the neck or body of the bottle in such a meneer. as to obi'ii'iusly prevent any escape of gos or liquid. When it is desired to drew the con-tents of the bottle, the projecting portion of the part B is i tie, as shown in the i the meanwhile the p pressed into the hottie, nini, by this operation, the outlets b b are bron# tionery gasket D into *i as .upon

gasket in el; er body that onliv :i ie drawn, t to ret-nini the stationary gasket its proper position rf oi' the bottle, and ii portieri oi the Contents the pressure of the the stopper its fore described, wir outside portion o we fr will thus be si tity may be firewn to what inegi-'rei ln thenioiitic; o in Figf, the e ir with two station i braces the eori and upon wliieli ti gas is exerted to k sitioii; emi tile se ii mouth of the botti helps, elso,'in en oo cork B in a stations; the bottle A. Throne, img b is made, which portion up through it ii through the vente oto in the p rtion C. Up on the part C slides the eoiier the interior of which is suitably pee'ieii prevent the escape of gas. This eolie; e the liquid is beingvretaineii in tiie hottie, inode to cover and ocoludentlie vents if bf, end v-fiien the liquid is desired to bedr-awo this eolizuf ispusiied down upon the port G i n suoli manner as to open ilse vente o uthe esce-pe of the liqnid through ne e te This modification z tov champagnes, end wel. el., ionsly appear that a portieri oniy oi een s of the bottle may be drawn. without exposure or injury to what may renmin.

A button -or sliooider is provided upon the part C to prevent the escape of the collar c'.

.Another modification of my` invention is shown in Fig. 3, wherein the cork B is a hol.- low cylinder provided with stationary gasket, which is-placed below the neelcend upon the pen iirn or the seine, to retain the iositicn in the neolr of the eorl; l the opentenris from the interior tire ier t endopens interior of the bottle A, the pressure of the gas upon which assists in retaining the cork B- stationary within the neck'of the bottle. Through the cylinder B moves another cylinder, B. The cylinder B is provided-upon either end with shoulders or buttons, in such a manner as to provide a limited movement V within the cylinder' orcork B. An opening, b, isl made in the interior of the cylinder B', ex-

tending from its exterior portion down'nearly l through its entire length, where it opens upon the' outside of thecylinder B, through one,

ftwo, or more vents, b b,lupon the Ainterior of thebottle. Below the vents b' b a suitable washer or packing may be placed upon the cylinderlB, which sha-ll mpinge against the lower portion of the cylinder B when the pressure of the gas is exerted upon the lower por- Ifion of the cylinder B', to prevent the escape ofthe gas or liquid, in an obvious manner.

The'operation of this modiiication is similar to those heretofore described, and is as follows: Before the liquid is removed the pressure' of the gas assists to retain the parts, as shown in the solid lines in Fig. 3. To draw olf the contained liquid the upper and projecting portion of the cylinder B is pressed'downward, by which operation the' vents b' b' are i opened within the i'nterionof the bottle, through whichthe liquid escapes intothe opening b.

It is obvious that, when pressure is relieved uponthe outer portion of the cylinder B', the internal pressure of thegas will return the parts to their original position, and closeth bottle tightly, as before. V.

v'lhemoditicatio'n as shown in .Fig'A represents the cork B as a hollow cylinder, through which operates. the plunger, upon either end of which is placed a shoulder orhutton, which admits only of a limited movement of the plunger within the cylinder B. The cork or cylinder B isprovidedwith'a stationary gasfket' on that portion below the -neck'of the bottle A, and upon its exterior portion escape the vents b b', which connect with the interior portion of the caliber of the cylinder B, which caliber is made suiiciently large from the point of junction with the vents` b b! and the interior of the bottle A, to admit of the escape of the contained uid around the plunger.

v The operation of this modification is as fol l lows: While the liquid is' retained the parts are heldin position by the internal pressure of the gas, as shown' inthe solid lines in Figf4. By pressure upon the outside portion of the plunger the lower collar is -removed from the cylinder B, and the contained liquid escapes through the cylinder B, around the plunger, l

and out through the vents b' b.

Another modification, asv'snown in Fig. 5, represents the cork B 'as a hollow cylinder, provided with a stationary gasket upon that portion which extends belour the neck into the interior of thebottle, the upward pressure of the gas upon'which serves to retain the part B in its proper position. Within the interior of the cylinder B operates a plunger, F, made hollow from its outer portion down near to its end,'which is provided with a shouldered head,

G.; F' F' arevvents or openings through the lower portion of the plunger F. H is a packing upon the interior of the cylinder B, into which tightly ts the head G of the plunger F.

The operation of this modification is as fol.-

lows: While the'liquid is retained in 'the bottle' the pressure of the gas operates to hold the parts, as shown in the solid lines in Fig. 5.

When it is desired to draw oft' the contained l liquid downward pressure is exerted upon the plunger F, by which operation' itshead G is disengaged from its packing within the cylinder B, and its vents f f' are brought below i the packing H. and thusexpscd to the interior of the bottle, and in this position the contained liquid escapelsup through the cylinder 4 B, and out of the hollow plunger F, through its vents j" f'. When the pressure is relieved the action of the gas will assist to return the parts totheir original position,andclose the y bottle. I

The cork or stopper properB is not made toiit tightly in the. neck of the bottle or vessehand, were it not for the'upward pressure of the gas p upon the' stationary washer or gasket-D, and the discharge device, the entire [corking and discharge device would drop down 'into the bottle.'

In combination with the cork or stopper, having the discharge, as herein described, the stationary' gasket D, through which the cork passes, whereby the gas from the contained liquid of the bottle, by itslupward pressureupon said stationary gasket D and discharge device, serves to close and keep closed the vessel orbottle A substantially. as and for the purposes herein described.

lIn testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23d day of November, 1874. u

FREnERIcK BARON MICHELL. [n 8.]

Witnessesj J AMES EDGcoME Brauhaus, 'HENRY JOHN JENNiNGs. 

